Serious new side effects for Flagyl from FDA

These are new warnings that have just been added to Flagyl - Hope this helps someone!!!


Flagyl (metronidazole) tablets, capsules, and Flagyl ER tablets

Detailed View: Safety Labeling Changes Approved By FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) – August 2010

Summary View
WARNINGS
Central and Peripheral Nervous System Effects

* encephalopathy, aseptic meningitis, optic neuropathy have been reported in patients treated with metronidazole

ADVERSE REACTIONS

The most serious adverse reactions reported in patients treated with Flagyl (metronidazole) have been... encephalopathy, aseptic meningitis, optic neuropathy
Central Nervous System

* Encephalopathy, aseptic meningitis, optic neuropathy, dysarthria

Hypersensitivity

* Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis,

Here is the FDA Website:
www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/ucm225998.htm

I know that there are quite a few of us on Flagyl - although I have never been on it. I just wanted to be sure those who wish to read this forum & are on Flagyl find this helpful.

What's scary to me is that Flagyl is an older drug and these warnings are just now coming out????? I can't wait to see what warnings eventually come out on the new stuff....

Interesting. I have eye pain all the time. Don't know if it's optic neuropathy or not, but I was on flagyl years ago for pelvic inflammatory disease.

Trav

Off topic slightly, but I love that saying....... Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

I said that to an obnoxious neurologist recently, he was not to impressed at all! ha ha :)

littlehutton said...
Trav

Off topic slightly, but I love that saying....... Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

I said that to an obnoxious neurologist recently, he was not to impressed at all! ha ha :)

LOL Littlehutton!!! Be careful or you will find yourself like me & talking like that to all of your docs!!

Actually that is a quote from my late LLMD.